Ice cover
Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-003333
During the present time, the extent, especially the thickness, of glacier ice on a land surface. Also the same as ice concentration, which is the ratio of an area of sea ice to the total area of sea surface within some large geographic area.
| Identifier | MLC-T-AGR-003333 |
|---|---|
| Field | Agriculture and food |
| Subject | Fields of Study |
| References | US Environmental Protection Agency; NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (CC BY 4.0) |
| See also | Glaciers; Ice; Ice shelf; Snow |
| Translations | Spanish: capa de hielo |
Record as JSON
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"id": "MLC-T-AGR-003333",
"term": "Ice cover",
"field": "Agriculture and food",
"definition": "During the present time, the extent, especially the thickness, of glacier ice on a land surface. Also the same as ice concentration, which is the ratio of an area of sea ice to the total area of sea surface within some large geographic area.",
"subject": "Fields of Study",
"see_also": [
"glaciers",
"ice",
"ice shelf",
"snow"
],
"references": [
"US Environmental Protection Agency",
"NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
],
"translations": {
"es": "capa de hielo"
},
"url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/ice-cover/"
}
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